Senior Analog Design Engineer

Position: Senior Analog Design Engineer

Location: Austin, TX or San Diego, CA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Overview

We are partnering with a top-five global semiconductor company to hire a Senior Analog Circuit Design Engineer to design analog and mixed-signal IP blocks for advanced mobile SoCs.

This is a hands-on circuit design role requiring a strong foundation in FinFET transistor operation and device dynamics, analog and mixed-signal design, complex AC/DC analysis, feedback loop theory, digital standard cells, and low-power design techniques.

The successful candidate will work across circuit architecture, transistor-level design and simulation, layout reviews, design verification, silicon validation, and production test planning while collaborating closely with integration and other engineering teams

Key Responsibilities

• Circuit Architecture: Define mixed-signal design architectures and design analog and/or digital blocks, including documenting specifications and design assumptions.
• Circuit Design & Analysis: Perform transistor-level feasibility studies and detailed performance analysis, and propose and implement design improvements based on simulation results.
• Analog IP Development: Work on analog and mixed-signal circuits such as op-amps, band-gap circuits, LDOs, ADCs/DACs, and related IP.
• System-Level Modeling: Model system-level digital control behavior to validate and optimize analog circuit functionality.
• Layout & Performance: Drive layout reviews and provide guidance to layout engineers to achieve optimal circuit performance.
• Design Verification: Perform tape-out quality design verification, including EM/IR and timing analysis, and work with ESD teams to ensure designs meet required quality standards.
• Production Test: Develop feasible analog design test plans suitable for mass production.
• SoC Integration: Coordinate with top-level back-end and front-end integrators to prepare the required design models for integration.

Required Skills & Experience

• You have an MS or PhD in Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• You have 5 years of analog and/or mixed-signal design experience.
• You have experience with data converters, LDOs, and/or PMIC design.
• You have a strong understanding of FinFET transistor operation and device dynamics.
• You have experience with analog and mixed-signal circuit design, including areas such as op-amps, band-gap circuits, LDOs, ADCs, and DACs.
• You understand complex AC/DC analysis, feedback loop theory, digital standard cells, and low-power design techniques.
• You have working knowledge of circuit design, simulation, and modeling tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Custom Compiler, Spectre, AMS, MATLAB, and Simulink.
• You have strong scripting skills using Tcl, Perl, or Python.
• Experience with SKILL and shell scripting is a plus.
• You have experience transforming silicon measurements into performance and specification-compliance validation.

Additional Information

• Hands-On Design: Work directly on analog and mixed-signal IP that will be integrated into advanced SoCs.
• Full Design Lifecycle: Contribute across architecture, transistor-level design, simulation, layout, verification, silicon validation, and production test.
• Advanced Technology: Work with modern FinFET technologies and complex low-power analog and mixed-signal designs.
• Cross-Functional Impact: Collaborate closely with layout, ESD, front-end, back-end, and integration teams to take designs from concept through production silicon
• This is a hands-on analog/mixed-signal circuit design position.
• The role can be based in Austin, TX or San Diego, CA.

INTERESTED?

We are committed to submitting suitable candidates for this vacancy to our client ASAP, for more information, contact Renz Moreno at PER Recruitment or send your CV to renz@per-international.com